Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, 2009 (Act No. 9 of 2009)

5. Procedure prior to introduction of national budget

Purchase

[Section 5 heading substituted by section 4(a) of Notice No. 17,GG 42170, dated 17 January 2019]

(1)	The National Assembly, through its committees, must annually assess the performance of each national department, with reference to the following:

(a)	The medium term estimates of expenditure of each national department, its strategic and measurable objectives, as tabled in the National Assembly with the national budget;

(b)	prevailing strategic plans;

(c)	the expenditure reports or statements relating to a vote appropriating funds for such department published by the National Treasury in terms of section 32 of the Public Finance Management Act;

(d)	the financial statements and annual report of such department;

(e)	the reports of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts relating to a department; and

(f)	any other information requested by or presented to a House or Parliament.

[Section 5(1) substituted by regulation 4(b) of Notice No. 17, GG 42170, dated 17 January 2019]

(2)	Committees must annually submit budgetary review and recommendation reports for tabling in the National Assembly for each department.

(3)	A budgetary review and recommendation report-

(a)	must provide an assessment of the department’s service delivery performance given available resources;

(b)	must provide an assessment on the effectiveness and efficiency of the department's use and forward allocation of available resources; and

[Section 5(3)(b) substituted by section 4(c) of Notice No. 17, GG 42170, dated 17 January 2019]

(c)	may include recommendations on the forward use of resources.

(4)	A committee reporting to the National Assembly in terms of this section must submit its budgetary review and recommendation report after the adoption of the Appropriation Bill and prior to the adoption of the reports on the medium term budget policy statement.

[Section 5(4) substituted by regulation 4(d) of Notice No. 17, GG 42170, dated 17 January 2019]

(5)	Any budgetary review and recommendation report must be submitted to the Minister and the member of Cabinet responsible for the vote to which the report applies after its adoption by the National Assembly and prior to the adoption of the reports on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement.

(6)	Additional budgetary review and recommendation reports may be submitted at the discretion of a committee of the National Assembly.

[Section 5(6) substituted by regulation 4(e) of Notice No. 17, GG 42170, dated 17 January 2019]